Coffee as we know it is the lifeblood of our modern times, and with so little time of thought put behind what we crave each time we consume it little by little savouring each sip. So who first discovered coffeein our world today? Although some people have minor differentiating stories to depict it, some people still have no idea of its true origins, however, some evidence tends to indict that the Oromo people in the region of Oromia in Ethiopia were the first people to cultivate and recognise the energising effects of the plant and how it may be used. Some accounts claim a goat herder in the 9th century in Kaffa had the first-ever experience with coffee after he discovered that goats consuming a plant and cherry we out of his control which enticed him to partake in the same pleasures that the goats were experiencing.
The word coffee entered the English language around 1582 in the Dutch word Koffie which was borrowed from Ottoman Turkish in the word Kahve which was borrowed from Arabic qahwah (قَهْوَة). So much of the origin of coffee can be seen and referred to us by those of Arabian-Islamic origin, it is through this interpretation that may lead to the origins of coffee today as we see many Lexicographers mention Arabic origins for the word which may also tie within Africa's geography of 17% speaking the tongue of Arabic.
Upon this detail, we also see that many places of importance for social interaction were within the Islamic world, such places were the coffee houses where everyday people would come and socialise about politics, theory, and trade among these places.